From Lucy Caroline Wedgwood [6 June 1864]
Summary
Sends observations on seeds of Pulmonaria officinalis requested by CD.
| Author: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [6 June 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 110: A60–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4523 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … From Lucy Caroline Wedgwood [6 June 1864] …
- … were self-fertile. See letter to Friedrich Hildebrand, 25 June [1864] and n. 8. …
- … Lucy Caroline Wedgwood/Lucy Caroline Harrison unstated [6 June 1864] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … by the endorsement. The Monday before 7 June 1864 was 6 June. The flowers were Pulmonaria …
- … Erasmus on P. angustifolia in April and May 1864 (see, for example, letters from W. …
- … E. Darwin, 14 April [1864] and n. …
- … 1, and 12 May [1864] , and letters to W. E. …
- … no record of a visit by CD to Surrey in 1864. CD began to receive botanical observations …
- … Darwin, [after 14 April – 5 May 1864] , and …
- … 14 May [1864] ). See CD annotations at top of letter. CD evidently incorporated the …
- … page 102 he wrote that in the summer of 1864 he had seen some long-styled plants of P. …
From George Busk 1 December 1864
Summary
Has received CD’s Copley Medal for him. Conveys regrets of Royal Society at his absence.
| Author: | George Busk |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Dec 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 379 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4689 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … From George Busk 1 December 1864 …
- … DAR 160: 379 George Busk London, Harley St, 15 1 Dec 1864 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … D. Hooker, 26 November [1864] ). Hugh Falconer . …
- … See letter to Hugh Falconer, 8 November [1864] . The medal was left with Erasmus Alvey …
- … 15 Harley St Dec 1. 1864. My dear Darwin, The gratifying opportunity of proposing your …
- … proposed CD for the Copley Medal at the meeting of 23 June 1864 (Royal Society, Council …
- … minutes, 23 June 1864). Busk received the medal on …
- … CD’s behalf at the anniversary meeting on 30 November 1864 ( Proceedings of the Royal …
- … Society of London 13 (1864): 505). See Appendix IV. The reference is to Edward Sabine , …
- … 30 November meeting (see letter to Hugh Falconer, 8 November [1864] , and letter to J. …
From John Scott 16 May [1864]
Summary
Thanks for communicating Oncidium sterility paper [see 4485] to Linnean Society.
Surprised that CD’s seedlings of non-dimorphic cowslip breed true.
Surprised also that the red primrose he sent reverts to wild form. He had reasoned from red’s infertility with yellow that it was an established variety. Tries to correlate inheritance of colour and sterility between varieties.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4498 |
Matches: 15 hits
- … From John Scott 16 May [1864] …
- … crosses in Scott 1867 , pp. 164–72. See letter from John Scott, 5 May [1864] and n. 9. …
- … DAR 177: 106 John Scott Denholm 16 May [1864] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … see letter to John Scott, 20 May [1864] and n. 5. Scott discussed his hypothesis …
- … the letter to Richard Kippist, 6 May [1864] . CD’s letter has not been found. Scott refers …
- … see letter to Richard Kippist, 6 May [1864] and n. 1). Scott discussed a non-dimorphic …
- … them in his letter to Scott of 20 May [1864] . For William’s sketches of the pollen of the …
- … non-dimorphic red cowslip, see memorandums from W. E. Darwin, [30 April 1864] and [after …
- … 19 May 1864]. See also letter to W. …
- … E. Darwin, [14–17 May 1864] and n. 2. CD’s notes on non-dimorphic red cowslips, …
- … a summary of crossing experiments made in 1864 with observations on inheritance (see DAR …
- … publication varying from year to year; in 1864 parts were issued in April and September ( …
- … been employed at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, until March 1864 (see letter from …
- … John Scott, 10 March 1864 ). At CD’s suggestion, Scott had embarked on a …
- … see letter from John Scott, 7 January [1864] and nn. 17 and 18). Scott’s experiments with …
From John Scott [13 January 1864]
Summary
Glad CD is sending his Primula paper to Linnean Society.
Sends promised Linum seeds.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Jan 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4385 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … From John Scott [13 January 1864] …
- … DAR 177: 99 John Scott Edinburgh Botanic Gardens [13 Jan 1864] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … between this letter, the letter to John Scott, 8 January [1864] , and the letter from Emma …
- … Darwin to John Scott, 9 January 1864 . …
- … The first Wednesday following 9 January 1864 was 13 January. Scott …
- … presumably refers to the letter to John Scott, 8 January [1864] . See letter …
- … from Emma Darwin to John Scott, 9 January 1864 . CD had read an earlier draft of …
- … Scott 1864a the previous year (see letter from John Scott, 7 January [1864] and n. 3). …
- … See letter from John Scott, 7 January [1864] and nn. 6, 7, 9, and 11. …
- … Scotland, his birthplace (see letter from John Scott, 10 March 1864 ). He sent CD his …
- … describing his Passiflora experiments ( Scott 1864d ) on 9 June 1864 (see letter from …
- … John Scott, 10 June [1864] ). See Correspondence vol. 11, letters from John Scott , [26 …
- … from Emma Darwin to John Scott, 9 January 1864 and n. 3. CD first encouraged Scott to …
To W. E. Darwin 14 May [1864]
Summary
Discusses WED’s observations on polymorphic flowers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | 14 May [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: A1–2, A4–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4495 |
Matches: 18 hits
- … To W. E. Darwin 14 May [1864] …
- … DAR 97: A1–2, A4–5 Charles Robert Darwin Down 14 May [1864] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … the letter from W. E. Darwin, 12 May [1864] . CD published a discussion of Pulmonaria …
- … on pp. 105, 106, and 107 (see letters from W. E. Darwin, 18 April 1864 and n. …
- … 3, and 12 May [1864] and nn. 3 and 4). …
- … CD is referring to William’s letter of 12 May [1864] and to his earlier letter of 4 May [ …
- … By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 June 1864. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 8 ( …
- … also letter from W. E. Darwin, 12 May [1864] and n. 6, and Forms of flowers , p. 106. …
- … forms (see letter to W. E. Darwin, 3 May [1864] , n. 2, and ‘Three forms of Lythrum …
- … see also letter from W. E. Darwin, 14 April [1864] and n. 4, n. 5, above, and Forms of …
- … from opened flowers, evidently measured wet, with his letters of 14 April [1864] and …
- … 18 April 1864. CD compared …
- … the unopened (indehiscent) anthers on 6 May 1864 (see letter to W. …
- … E. Darwin, 3 May [1864] , n. 2). In Forms of flowers , p. 106, CD noted the smaller …
- … different forms of Pulmonaria angustifolia in 1864 and 1865; for CD’s experimental notes …
- … thyme in the garden at Down on 5 May and 28 May 1864 (DAR 109: A46 v. ). According to Emma …
- … Wedgwood visited Down from 14 to 17 May 1864. Francis Darwin . CD had observed the two …
- … of Echium vulgare for CD in June and July 1864 from Down and another site (see also Forms …
From T. H. Huxley to J. D. Hooker 3 December 1864
Summary
His suspicions regarding [Edward] Sabine’s treatment of CD were justified by the Anniversary Address. THH, [George] Busk, and [Hugh] Falconer insisted on a more accurate account of the grounds on which the Copley Medal was awarded to CD.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 3 Dec 1864 |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 2: 129–30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4691F |
Matches: 17 hits
- … From T. H. Huxley to J. D. Hooker 3 December 1864 …
- … 2: 129–30) Thomas Henry Huxley London, Jermyn Street 3 Dec 1864 Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … the controversial passage was changed (see Sabine 1864 , p. 508). For a comparison of the …
- … enclosed this letter in his letter to CD of [6 December 1864] . Huxley refers to the …
- … Royal Society of London on 30 November 1864, which was followed by dinner. Edward Sabine . …
- … Edward Sabine to J. D. Hooker, 14 November 1864 , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (letters to …
- … Jermyn S. Dc r 3 rd 1864 My dear Hooker I am sorry to hear that you did not get my note in …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1864 and n. 6. George Busk and Hugh Falconer . …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1864 . In the version of Sabine’ s address that …
- … of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940. Sabine, Edward. 1864. [ …
- … Anniversary address, 30 November 1864. ] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 13 ( …
- … 18, letter 218)). In his letter of [6 December 1864] , Hooker complained that Sabine had ‘ …
- … Sabine to William Sharpey, 29 December 1864 , Royal Society Archives, Misc. Mss. 19, …
- … no. 41). See letter from Hugh Falconer, 2 December 1864 and n. 3, and letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 2 December 1864 . Huxley also entered into a debate with one of the …
- … from G. G. Stokes to T. H. Huxley, 5 December 1864 , and letter from T. H. Huxley …
- … to G. G. Stokes, 6 December 1864 ). The Royal Society statutes of 1847 stipulate that …
To J. D. Hooker 17 August [1864]
Summary
Asks JDH to name a Bignonia.
Coming to end of climbing plants paper.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 17 Aug [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 247 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4593 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 17 August [1864] …
- … DAR 115: 247 Charles Robert Darwin Down 17 Aug [1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … buxifolia. See letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 August 1864] and n. 2. See letter …
- … from J. D. Hooker, [15 August 1864] and n. 4. The reference is to ‘Climbing plants’ . …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 July [1864] and n. 9. CD refers to John Scott . …
- … See letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 August 1864] . …
- … memorandum to J. D. Hooker, [24 July 1864? ] and n. 5), and ‘Bignonia buxifolia’ (see …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 August [1864] and n. 4). …
- … In his letter of [15 August 1864] , Hooker had asked for a leaf the plant CD referred to …
To W. E. Darwin [19 May 1864]
Summary
Mentions WED’s extraordinary discovery of some pollen-grains of different sizes. The observations must be followed up.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Date: | [19 May 1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.6: 186 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5333 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To W. E. Darwin [19 May 1864] …
- … DAR 210.6: 186 Charles Robert Darwin unstated [19 May 1864] William Erasmus Darwin …
- … relationship between this letter and the letters from W. E. Darwin, 18 May [1864] and [ …
- … 20 May 1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). See Correspondence vol. …
- … 12, letter from W. E. Darwin, 18 May [1864] . William had included sketches of the …
- … see also letter from W. E. Darwin, [20 May 1864] and n. 3. For CD’s annotations, see …
- … H. E. Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [18 May 1864] and n. 2. Most of CD’s work on Rhamnus …
- … Correspondence vol. 12, letter from H. E. Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [18 May 1864] ). …
- … 12, letter from W. E. Darwin, 18 May [1864] . For CD’s query regarding Menyanthes ( …
- … Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [17 May 1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12). For CD’s interest …
To J. D. Hooker 2 June [1864]
Summary
Requests climbing plants.
Asks that Oliver be told that he now does not care "how many tendrils he makes axial".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 2 June [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 237 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4517 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 2 June [1864] …
- … DAR 115: 237 Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 June [1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1864] . No letter from Hooker offering CD the …
- … Passiflora tendrils (see letters from Daniel Oliver , [28 January – 8 February 1864] and …
- … 12 March 1864 ). For CD’s disappointment with Oliver’s answers, see letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, [8 February 1864] and nn. 10–11. …
- … See also, however, letter from Daniel Oliver, [before 31 March 1864] and n. …
- … 3, and letter to Daniel Oliver, 31 March [1864] and n. 3. …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 15 June 1864 ); however, in ‘Climbing plants’ , p. 44, he …
- … notes on A. cirrhosa , dated 15 August 1864, are in DAR 157.1: 105. Seeds of A. cirrhosa …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, [20–]22 February [1864] ). CD had obtained seeds of A. cirrhosa …
- … modified flower peduncles (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [27 January 1864] and nn. 19– …
- … and letter to Daniel Oliver, 11 March [1864] and n. 9). Oliver replied that while some …
From John Scott 10 April 1865
Summary
Comments on CD’s Lythrum paper [Collected papers 2: 106–31]
and on H. Crüger’s orchid paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 127–35].
May take position at Calcutta Botanic Garden.
Regrets he cannot be elected to Linnean Society.
Pleased Asa Gray has commented on JS’s paper.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 Apr 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 115 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4810 |
Matches: 26 hits
- … By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 June 1864. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 8 ( …
- … vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and n. 21). He also sent the completed …
- … University Press. 1985–. Crüger, Hermann. 1864. A few notes on the fecundation of …
- … and their morphology. [Read 3 March 1864. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 8 ( …
- … CD for comments (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from John Scott , 28 March 1864 , 5 …
- … May [1864] , and first letter …
- … of 10 June [1864] ). CD communicated …
- … papers to the Linnean Society in June 1864. ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ . Scott is …
- … told Scott of Hermann Crüger’s work and of the manuscript of Crüger 1864 in February …
- … or March 1864 (see Correspondence vol. …
- … 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and n. 20). …
- … sterility of the male Catasetum , see Crüger 1864 , pp. 127–8. Conducting tissue is the …
- … vol. 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and n. 16. CD cited Scott’s observations …
- … insect pollination of Gongora in Crüger 1864 , pp. 130–1. CD and Scott had wondered how …
- … 12, letter from John Scott, 19 March 1864 and nn. 12–16, and Orchids 2d ed. , pp. …
- … near Darjeeling, India, in December 1864 (see letter from John Scott, 20 January 1865 and …
- … The letters from John Scott of 21 December 1864 and 4 January 1865 have not been found. CD …
- … and 1 and 3 August [1863] ). In February 1864 George Bentham had suggested that Scott be …
- … at the Linnean Society on 4 February 1864 (see Correspondence vol. 12, letters from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 5 February 1864 , [before …
- … 9 February 1864] , and 26[– …
- … 8] October 1864 , and letter to …
- … John Scott, 9 February [1864] and n. 9). Scott refers to Asa Gray’s review of Scott 1864b …
- … see Correspondence vol. 12, letter to Asa Gray, 13 September [1864] , and letter from …
- … Asa Gray, 3 October 1864 ). Scott began his paper on Primula with a discussion of the …
- … vol. 12, letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 , n. 1, and this volume, letter from John …
From J. D. Hooker 20 April 1864
Summary
Again refuses to help Scott as "unfitted" to make his way in the world. Scott is unwilling to take his part in the "struggle for life", unlike Tyndall, Faraday, Huxley, and Lindley, who established themselves. Scott’s work is not science, but "scientific horticulture".
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 Apr 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 208–13 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4469 |
Matches: 19 hits
- … From J. D. Hooker 20 April 1864 …
- … DAR 101: 208–13 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 20 Apr 1864 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … near the village (see n. 14, above, and letter from William Bennett, 29 April 1864 ). …
- … CD enclosed the letter from John Scott, 14 April [1864] , with the letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 19 [April 1864] . John Tyndall , Michael Faraday , Thomas Henry Huxley , …
- … from employing Scott at Down House (see letter to J. D. Hooker, 19 [April 1864] ). See …
- … letter from John Scott, 14 April [1864] and n. 6. See letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, [1 April 1864] , n. 6. John Smith (1821–88) was to be the …
- … see letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 March 1864 and n. 4). On the public value and the …
- … Garden, Trinidad. See also letter from J. D. Hooker, [20 February 1864] and n. 5. …
- … William Jenner had been treating CD since March 1864 (see letter to J. …
- … D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] and n. 5). …
- … council of the Royal Society on 14 April 1864, the selection of candidates for fellowship …
- … had been discussed; on 21 April 1864 a list including William Jenner’s name was selected …
- … election at the annual meeting on 2 June 1864. As a council member, Hooker attended the …
- … meetings on 14 and 21 April. See Royal Society, Council minutes, 14 April 1864, 21 …
- … April 1864. …
- … Jenner was elected a fellow in 1864 ( Record of the Royal Society of London , Appendix …
- … and letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] and nn. 8–10) Both quotations are from …
To Hugh Falconer 4 December [1864]
Summary
Much pleased by Edward Sabine’s address.
Grateful to HF for his interest [in the award of Copley Medal to CD].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugh Falconer |
| Date: | 4 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4698 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … To Hugh Falconer 4 December [1864] …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 3 December 1864 , and Appendix IV. …
- … DAR 144: 37 Charles Robert Darwin Down 4 Dec [1864] Hugh Falconer …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter from Hugh Falconer, 2 December 1864 . …
- … Letter from Hugh Falconer, 2 December 1864 . CD refers to Edward …
- … the publication in the Reader , 3 December 1864, pp. 708–9, of his anniversary address …
- … Society of London (see letter from Hugh Falconer, 2 December 1864 and n. 3). See letter …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1864 , letter from T. H. Huxley …
To J. D. Hooker 28 August [1864]
Summary
CD is not well enough to sit for Woolner.
Two Bignonia plants, which JDH does not distinguish as species, can be separated by differences in climbing and sensitivity behaviour.
Wants to write a non-quarrelsome reply to R. A. Kölliker ["Darwin’sche Schöpfungstheorie", Z. Wiss. Zool. 14 (1864): 174–86] in the Reader. Lyell opposes, but E. A. Darwin and Hensleigh Wedgwood support the idea.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 28 Aug [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 246 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4601 |
Matches: 10 hits
- … To J. D. Hooker 28 August [1864] …
- … 115: 246 Charles Robert Darwin London, Chester Place, 4 28 Aug [1864] Joseph Dalton Hooker …
- … sche Schöpfungstheorie", Z. Wiss. Zool. 14 (1864): 174–86] in the Reader . Lyell opposes, …
- … to Thomas Woolner . See letter from J. D. Hooker, 26 August 1864 and n. 8. See letter …
- … to J. D. Hooker, 11 August [1864] and n. 4, and letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 26 August 1864 . CD refers to Rudolf Albert von Kölliker and to Kölliker …
- … in the Natural History Review for October 1864 ( T. H. Huxley 1864a ; see letter …
- … to T. H. Huxley, 3 October [1864] and n. 2. …
- … also letter from Ernst Haeckel, 10 August 1864 and n. 12. During his stay in London, CD …
- … 242) notes ‘went to L. ’ on 28 August 1864. Erasmus Alvey Darwin and Hensleigh Wedgwood . …
To W. B. Tegetmeier 21 December [1864]
Summary
CD working on Variation; he will soon want corrected fowl MS [Variation, ch. 7].
WBT’s breeding experiments produced no sterility.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | 21 Dec [1864] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4720 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … To W. B. Tegetmeier 21 December [1864] …
- … Cox Collection) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Dec [1864] William Bernhard Tegetmeier …
- … The year is established by the reference to Tegetmeier 1864 (see letter from W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, [before 21 December 1864] ). …
- … Tegetmeier 1864 . See letter from W. …
- … B. Tegetmeier, [before 21 December 1864] and n. 2. The reference is to ‘Three forms of …
- … W. B. Tegetmeier, [before 21 December 1864] . Tegetmeier first reported in July 1863 …
- … nn. 2 and 3). See also letter from W. B. Tegetmeier, 1 February 1864 and nn. 5 and 7. …
- … Press. 1985–. Tegetmeier, William Bernhard. 1864. Mimetic analogy. Intellectual Observer …
- … By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 June 1864. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 8 ( …
- … See also letter to W. D. Fox, 30 November [1864] and n. 6. In June 1861, CD had sent …
- … W. B. Tegetmeier, [before 21 December 1864] and n. 6. The sketches appear in Variation …
From John Scott 20 June [1864]
Summary
Preparations for trip to India. Thanks for testimonial.
Surprised by the self-fertility of CD’s peloric Antirrhinum.
| Author: | John Scott |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June [1864] |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4541 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … From John Scott 20 June [1864] …
- … DAR 177: 111 John Scott Denholm 20 June [1864] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … on Verbascum at CD’s suggestion (see letters from John Scott , 19 March 1864 and n. …
- … 21, and 16 May [1864] and n. …
- … 9, and letter to John Scott, 20 May [1864] ). He published his results in 1867 ( Scott …
- … this letter and the letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 . CD had sent Scott £25 to purchase …
- … second letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] ). Scott’s friend has not been identified. …
- … shipping agent, Henry Taylor (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [11 June 1864] and n. 8). …
- … See letter to John Scott, 10 June 1864 . In …
- … his first letter of 10 June [1864] , Scott had given the results of his experiments on the …
- … first letter from John Scott, 10 June [1864] , n. 3. CD reported that Antirrhinum majus …
- … communicated the paper to the Linnean Society , where it was read on 4 February 1864. See …
- … also letter to John Scott, 20 May [1864] and n. 3. Scott had …
To Ernst Haeckel 21 November [1864]
Summary
Sends Living Cirripedia [vol. 2].
Has employed translator for Fritz Müller’s book [Für Darwin (1864)].
Thanks for paper and speech.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | 21 Nov [1864] |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A–Abt. 1: 1–52/6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4676 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To Ernst Haeckel 21 November [1864] …
- … 1: 1–52/6) Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 Nov [1864] Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel …
- … translator for Fritz Müller’s book [ Für Darwin (1864)]. Thanks for paper and speech. …
- … refers to Haeckel 1864b and 1863 (see letter to Ernst Haeckel, 9 March 1864 , and nn. 2 …
- … and letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 [July 1864] and n. 15). Annotated copies of these papers …
- … the letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1864 . Haeckel had accepted CD’s offer to send …
- … See letter to Ernst Haeckel, [after 10] August – 8 October [1864] , and letter from …
- … Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1864 . Williams & Norgate were London booksellers and publishers …
- … and Carl Gegenbaur. See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1864 and nn. 5 and 6. …
- … Haeckel 1866 . See letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1864 and n. 8. …
- … F. Müller 1864 . See …
- … letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October 1864 and n. 11. CD probably refers to Camilla …
- … CD had the translation of F. Müller 1864 read to him in the late spring and summer of …
To T. H. Huxley 3 October [1864]
Summary
Admires THH’s article on Kölliker’s and Flourens’ criticisms of Origin [in Natural History Review (1864): 566–80].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 3 Oct [1864] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 205) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4624 |
Matches: 13 hits
- … To T. H. Huxley 3 October [1864] …
- … Archives (Huxley 5: 205) Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Oct [1864] Thomas Henry Huxley …
- … Kölliker’s and Flourens’ criticisms of Origin [in Natural History Review (1864): 566–80]. …
- … Bibliography Flourens, Marie-Jean-Pierre. 1864. Examen du livre de M. Darwin sur l’origine …
- … had spent from 24 July to 9 September 1864 visiting the coasts of Ireland and Scotland for …
- … and 1864c; see also letter from Ernst Haeckel, 10 August 1864 and n. 12). Huxley’s …
- … of the Natural History Review for October 1864, and focused in particular on undermining …
- … of the Natural History Review for October 1864 is in the Darwin Library–CUL; on the back …
- … Dalton Hooker . See letter to J. D. Hooker, 28 August [1864] , and letter from J. …
- … D. Hooker, 30 August 1864 . The second part of Huxley’s article …
- … Flourens’s criticisms of Origin in Flourens 1864 ([T. H. Huxley] 1864a, pp. 576–80). …
- … is a lightly annotated copy of Flourens 1864 in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: …
- … the superior tone adopted by Flourens 1864 , contrasting Flourens’s position as permanent …
To A. C. Ramsay 12 July [1864]
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Thanks for his book [Physical geology and geography of Great Britain, 2d. ed. (1864)].
Pleased that ACR’s glacial lake theory is progressing. New Zealand lakes support the view. Suggests he write to Charles Gould in Tasmania, calling his attention to glacial action.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
| Date: | 12 July [1864] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Ramsay 306: 8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4560 |
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- … To A. C. Ramsay 12 July [1864] …
- … Archives (Ramsay 306: 8) Charles Robert Darwin Down 12 July [1864] Andrew Crombie Ramsay …
- … and geography of Great Britain , 2d. ed. (1864)]. Pleased that ACR’s glacial lake theory …
- … between this letter and the letter from A. C. Ramsay, 10 July 1864 . Letter from A. …
- … C. Ramsay, 10 July 1864 . See letter from A. …
- … C. Ramsay, 10 July 1864 and n. 2. Ramsay sent CD the second edition of The physical …
- … London ( Post Office London directory 1864). Charles Gould , son of the ornithologist John …
- … See letter from A. C. Ramsay, 10 July 1864 and n. 3. Ramsay proposed a theory of the …
- … 1862] , and this volume, letters to J. D. Hooker, [20–]22 February [1864] and n. …
- … 16, 26[–7] March [1864] and n. …
- … 19, [23 August 1864] , and …
- … 22 October [1864] ). See also Davies 1969, pp. 303–9. The theory is elaborated in Ramsay …
- … Royal Geographical Society of London on 8 February 1864 ( J. F. J. von Haast 1864a ). …
- … also letter from J. D. Hooker, 15 June 1864 and n. 10. In his letter to Ramsay of 5 …
- … of Canada, which appeared in the 23 April 1864 issue of the Reader , p. 526, described …
From Philip Henry Gosse 5 April 1864
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Asks how he can identify pollen-tubes.
Has succeeded in impregnating orchids of widely different genera with each other’s pollinia. "Is not this something new?"
Offers to exchange Catasetum for other varieties.
| Author: | Philip Henry Gosse |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Apr 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 79 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4451 |
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- … From Philip Henry Gosse 5 April 1864 …
- … DAR 165: 79 Philip Henry Gosse Torquay 5 Apr 1864 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See, however, the letter to P. H. Gosse, 7 April [1864] . Bush has not been identified. …
- … See letter to P. H. Gosse, 7 April [1864] , and n. 5, below. Since taking up residence …
- … University Press. 1985–. Crüger, Hermann. 1864. A few notes on the fecundation of …
- … Sandhurst. Torquay April 5. 1864 My dear Sir You frequently allude to the emission of …
- … published in Gardeners’ Chronicle , 26 March 1864, p. 294. CD had discussed this species …
- … and their morphology. [Read 3 March 1864. ] Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 8 ( …
- … genera (see letter from John Scott, 28 March 1864 , and Scott 1863a and 1864b). Catasetum …
- … that was sent to the Linnean Society by CD and read on 3 March 1864 (see letter from …
- … Hermann Crüger, 21 January 1864 , and n. …
- … 6, and Crüger 1864 ). Gosse may refer to the …
From J. D. Hooker 26 August 1864
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Hookers and Lyells will visit Lubbocks so he cannot see CD in London.
Will CD sit for Woolner?
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Aug 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 101: 234–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4600 |
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- … From J. D. Hooker 26 August 1864 …
- … DAR 101: 234–5 Joseph Dalton Hooker Kew 26 Aug 1864 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Beppo the conscript ( T. A. Trollope 1864 ) and Quits ( Tautphoeus 1857 ). See letter to …
- … J. D. Hooker, [1 September 1864] . …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, [23 August 1864] and n. 2. Hooker refers to John Lubbock , …
- … Down. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 11 August [1864] and n. 4, and following letter. See …
- … memorandum to J. D. Hooker, [24 July 1864? ] and n. 5. Beer 1863 . …
- … Richard Bentley. Trollope, Thomas Adolphus. 1864. Beppo the conscript. A novel. 2 vols. …
- … See letter to J. D. Hooker, [23 August 1864] and n. 9. Hooker refers to Charles and …
- … letter to J. D. Hooker, [1 September 1864] ). The reference is to the sculptor Thomas …
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Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864 : ‘the venerable beard gives the …
- … Darwin corresponded little during the first three months of 1864, dictating nearly all his letters …
- … had consulted in 1863. In a letter of 26[–7] March [1864] , Darwin exclaimed to his close friend, …
- … letters of advice from Jenner. In a letter of 15 December [1864] to the surgeon and naturalist …
- … his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of 30 November [1864] , ‘the Copley being open to all …
- … five years earlier. His primary botanical preoccupation in 1864 was climbing plants. He had become …
- … ( Correspondence vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] , Darwin wrote to Hooker: ‘The …
- … produce tendrils’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [8 February 1864] ). Darwin’s excitement about his …
- … & therefore sacred’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 June [1864] ). When Darwin asked Oliver …
- … light of axioms’ ( letter from Daniel Oliver, [17 March 1864] ). Though Darwin replied with his …
- … . . .’ When he told Asa Gray in a letter of 29 October [1864] that he was continuing to study …
- … addition to his work on climbing plants, Darwin engaged in 1864 in botanical observations and …
- … were produced. Continuing from these earlier studies, in 1864 he conducted crossing experiments …
- … in causing sterility both within and between species in his 1864 paper, ‘Three forms of Lythrum …
- … trimorphic Lythrum , and when his health permitted in 1864 he drew up the results (see …
- … Darwin remarked to Hooker in a letter of 26 November [1864] that nothing had interested him so …
- … species with the common oxlip. In a letter of 22 October [1864] , Darwin triumphantly wrote to …
- … flowers ). A household enterprise Darwin’s 1864 correspondence with family members …
- … Forms of flowers . The greatest assistance in 1864, however, was provided by William, Darwin …
- … minute and painstaking observations, writing on 14 April [1864] , ‘I can do as much pollen work …
- … letter from Emma and Charles Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [20 May 1864] ), or his excitement when he …
- … for my stomach’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 17 February [1864] ). Darwin was also impressed …
- … to inspire the research of others as well; he influenced the 1864 publication of a paper by another …
- … publish his new material on them. Nevertheless, his work in 1864 contributed to his 1869 paper …
- … continuing identification of insect pollinators in 1864 and following years. John Scott again …
- … on the orchid Oncidium to the Linnean Society in 1864 (Scott 1864b). Recognising Scott’s skills …
- … paid by Darwin himself ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [1 April 1864] ). Hooker’s series of …
- … over them’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 April 1864] ). Hooker warned Darwin: ‘Do pray …
- … careful treatment’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 April 1864 ). Nevertheless, Hooker solicited and …
- … hastening the fall’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 April 1864 ). In his reply of 25 April [1864] …
Darwin's health
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On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…
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- … of a fashionable spinal ice treatment. In April 1864, Darwin attributed his improved health to Dr …
- … gaining vigour .’ (letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] ) Why was Darwin’s so ill? …
- … vol. 12, letter to F. T. Buckland, 15 December [1864] ). On Darwin’s early stomach …
- … vol. 4). Throughout the winter of 1863 and spring of 1864, he was sick almost daily (see …
- … Chapman. In a letter to J. D. Hooker, [20-] 22 February [1864] ( Correspondence vol. 12), …
- … in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) on several occasions in 1864 and 1865. ‘Bad hysteria & sickness …
- … 12, letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1864] . Treatments and medications …
- … doses of chalk, magnesia, and other antacids in March 1864 (see Emma Darwin’s diary, DAR 242, and n. …
- … vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864] ). …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … an important focus for his experiments. By the spring of 1864, he was thinking of expansion, telling …
- … vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26[–7] March 1864 ). The plan was quickly set in motion, and …
- … the work, while William Ledger did the building. By August 1864, he had spent £126 10s. on the new …
- … was replaced after Darwin’s death, and one section of the 1864 greenhouse was subsequently …
- … vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, [25 January 1864] ). In view of the importance of Darwin …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … W. E. Darwin's observations on Pulmonaria , 14 April [1864] Ernst Haeckel's …
Natural Science and Femininity
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Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…
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- … Letter 4377 - Haeckel, E. P. A. to Darwin, [2 January 1864] Haeckel sends Darwin some …
- … Letter 4436 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [26-27 March 1864] Darwin thanks Hooker for …
- … Letter 4469 - Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, [20 April 1864] Hooker discusses the scientific …
- … Letter 4472 - Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, [26 or 27 April 1864] Hooker once again discusses …
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
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- … for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Annual Report, 1864, p. 32; Animal World , 1 February …
- … with the RSPCA; however, the RSPCA Annual Report for 1864 records that 'a benevolent lady, …
- … the Royal Horticultural Gardens, South Kensington, in June 1864 ( The Times , 27 May 1864, p. 11, …
- … Darwin 2: 200). Although the RSPCA considered in 1864 that many game preservers had …
- … were 'awakening to its barbarity' (RSPCA Annual Report 1864, p. 32), the use of the steel …
- … payments being recorded from 1854 to 1861, in 1863 and 1864, from 1871 to 1875, and in 1878 and 1880 …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … and Scotland (Lubbock 1862a, 1862b, and 1863a). In the July 1864 issue of Natural History Review …
- … address for the British Association meeting at Bath in 1864 (C. Lyell 1864). 3 By …
- … Darwin’s theory ([Lubbock] 1863b, p. 213). In May 1864, Lubbock received a letter from …
- … 3. Letters from Charles Lyell to John Lubbock, 22 February 1864 and 24 February 1864 (British …
- … 12. Letter from Hugh Falconer to John Lubbock, 24 May [1864], in (British Library, Add. MSS 49640) …
- … and gentlemen in the formation of the X Club, 1851–1864. Isis 89: 410–44. Bynum, William …
- … History Review n.s. 3: 211–19. Lubbock, John. 1864. Cave-men. Natural History Review n …
- … revised. London: John Murray. Lyell, Charles. 1864. Presidential address. Report of the …
Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
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- … & succeeding in India. John Scott to Darwin, 1864. I was astounded at …
Have you read the one about....
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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
Science: A Man’s World?
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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … Letter 4463 — Scott, John to Darwin, C. R., 14 Apr [1864] Scott thanks Darwin for his …
- … Letter 4468 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 19 [Apr 1864] Darwin makes another plea to his …
- … Letter 4469 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., 20 Apr 1864 Hooker again refuses to help Scott, …
- … Letter 4471 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 25 Apr [1864] Darwin thinks his friend Kew …
- … Letter 4611 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 13 Sept [1864] Darwin sends abstract of John Scott …
- … Letter 4441 — Becker, Lydia to Darwin, C. R., 30 Mar 1864 Becker sends Darwin a copy of her …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
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On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…
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- … a period of severe illness, which improved by March 1864 under the care of the physician William …
- … his brain or heart to be ‘primarily affected’. In March 1864, Darwin began to consult Jenner, who …
- … Correspondence vol. 12, letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 April [1864], letter from William Jenner to …
Darwin and Fatherhood
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Charles Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in 1839 and over the next seventeen years the couple had ten children. It is often assumed that Darwin was an exceptional Victorian father. But how extraordinary was he? The Correspondence Project allows an unusually…
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- … daughter reveal (J. D. Hooker to Darwin, 16 September 1864 ). In addition to his fears for …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … for the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1864, had staunchly supported his candidacy, …
- … to CD’s theory of transmutation, in or before November 1864 ( Correspondence vol. 12, letter to …
- … ), and wrote up his results on his voyage to India in late 1864, despite suffering from sea-sickness …
- … in learned societies and in the popular press. In December 1864, George Douglas Campbell, the duke …
- … this and that modification of structure’ (G. D. Campbell 1864, pp. 275–6). Campbell argued further …
3.5 William Darwin, photo 2
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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s son William, who had become a banker in Southampton, took the opportunity of a short visit home to Down House in April 1864 to photograph his father afresh. This half-length portrait was the first to show Darwin with a…
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- … the opportunity of a short visit home to Down House in April 1864 to photograph his father afresh. …
- … among the prints that William posted to his father in May 1864, since the photograph subsequently …
- … simply inscribed by hand on the back in pencil ‘C. Darwin 1864’ – the accuracy of the dating …
- … Erasmus Darwin date of creation April 1864 computer-readable date 1864-04 …
- … William Darwin’s letter to his father [19 May 1864] sending prints of his recent photograph (DCP …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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- … far more satisfied with the results. In 1860-61 and again in 1864 Charles Darwin sat for his eldest …
- … photographs of Darwin.The years between 1860 and 1864 took a physical and emotional toll on Darwin, …
- … and the Botany Libraries (left) and Charles Darwin, 1864, William Darwin, Dar 225:113, …
- … took the first portrait with his ‘venerable beard’ in 1864. Image: Charles Darwin, 1881, …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
